Celebrating Agape loveThe last straw was the TV commercial for JC Penney encouraging everyone to “buy gifts for all your Valentines” and, of course, “use your JC Penney card” and get in even more debt after the Christmas binge of gift buying. I wanted to throw my remote at the TV, but managed to refrain. I have picked up pieces of remote before and never found all the pieces. Valentines Day and I have had a love/hate relationship with ...

KHS basketball squads take on SoldotnaLast weekend, Kodiak’s boys picked up their first Northern Lights Conference basketball win of the season. They hope to at least double their win total this weekend when Soldotna comes to town for a pair of NLC contests. Today’s game tips at 7 p.m., while Saturday’s starts at 5 p.m. Despite splitting with Kenai last week, the team was pleased to get off the snide — the Bears were 0-8 against 4A teams this season p...

In the Courts: Feb. 13David Froehlich pleaded guilty to attempted escape in the third degree. Froehlich was sentenced to 360 days in jail (360 suspended) and placed on probation for five years. Everett Joseph Grass Jr. pleaded guilty to violating conditions of release. Grass Jr. was sentenced to 10 days in jail. Kim O Woodman pleaded guilty to sport fish guide – license/tags/permits not available for inspection. Woodman was fined $1,50...

Running for loveThe Kodiak High School track and field team is organizing a Valentines 5K Run/Walk at 10 a.m. Saturday. The race begins on Parkside Drive just outside of Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. The suggested donation is $10 for adults and $5 for kids. All proceeds go to the KHS track program.

ESS hoops travels to SeldoviaFor the second straight weekend, the Kodiak Emerging Small School team will travel to the Kenai Peninsula. The Ravens played Seldovia late Thursday on the first day of the Seldovia Tournament. ESS (2-1 in the Peninsula Conference) continues the three-day tournament at 3:30 p.m. today against Birchwood Christian and finishes at 10 a.m. against Nikolaevsk. Seldovia is ranked third in the state in the 1A classificati...

Amazing Nature: Student Science takes a look at Arctic FutureLast weekend was the statewide High School Ocean Science competition called the Tsunami Bowl. The competition is an annual event organized by the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks and part of the National Ocean Science Bowl. Nineteen teams from around the State travelled to cold and snowy Seward to spend three days at the High School comparing their prowess in ocean scie...

You will be missed, Ron SearsThe Clarkston house was pretty somber the past two days. Just when life was getting back to normal after the Seahawks’ Super Bowl loss, I woke up Tuesday to the sad news that a good friend had taken his last breath on Earth. Even though I knew it was coming, it still took my breath away. I couldn’t believe that Ron Sears had died at the young age of 56 from congenital heart disease. Sears was a member of the Daily...